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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [60r] (124/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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. Press.—-There are nominally four newspapers published periodically
m Kerman. So far as this Consulate is concerned nothing obiectionable
was published during the year.
9. The Shah’s Birthday.
This was celebrated in Kerman on 14th March by a reception given by
the Governor, and the day was observed as a public holiday. Only about
50 people of the 200 invited were able to accept the invitation which made
morning coat and top hat compulsory. H. M.’s Consul attended.
BANDAR-ABBAS.
1. British interests.
I. Coronation of His Majesty King George VI. —The Coronation of His
Majesty King George VI was celebrated at the British Consulate, Bandar
Abbas, on the 12th May. The function was attended by the local Governor,
the Officer Commanding the troops, Chief of Police, the manager of the
National Bank of Iran, and a few local merchants.
II. Gray, Mackenzie and Company Ltd. —The Company maintaned a
branch at Bandar Abbas throughout the year.
III. Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Ltd. —The business of the Company
continued to increase, in absence of any foreign competition. Supplies of
kerosine oil and petrol for the eastern Iranian markets, and Sirjan, Kerman,
Rafsinjan, and Yezd, arrived at this port.
The Company’s geologists visited this area during January, February>
and December.
IV. Frank Strick Lines Ltd. —The company entered into a contract
with the Iranian Government to purchase during a period of 12 months 15,000
tons of red oxide from the island of Hormuz at a wholesale rate of £3-5-0
per ton, of which 4,593 tons were shipped up to the close of the year.
2. Foreign interests.
I. Russian. —13,245 bags of Russian loaf sugar were imported at
Bandar Abbas for the Iranian Government during the year.
3,200 bales of cotton were exported to Russia.
II. Japanese. —268 bales of cotton piece-goods, and 1,000 chests of tea
were imported at Bandar Abbas during the year.
III. Italian. —Mr. T. Pastori, Italian, arrived from Muscat on the 22nd
April with the objecf blbbTfectihg about 10,000 Iranian labourers for road
making in Eritrea (Abyssinia). His quest was not successful.
3. Local Government.
I. Governor. —Aqai Ismail Bahadur was Governor of Bandar Abbas
throughout the year, a post he has now held for the past six years.
II. Bank-i-Milli. —Mons. H. Frendian, Inspector of the National Bank
inspected the local branch in December.
The question of opening sub-branches in Minab, Lingah, and Charbar
was under consideration, but is" still in abeyance as the reports submitted
were not favourable.
III. Justice. —This department moved to Ginu Hills for the summer
instead of closing down as hitherto.
IV. Police. —During the year the police posts at Lingah, Henjam, Kishm,
Jask, Charbar, and Minab, were attached to Bandar Abbas.
An Inspector of Police from Tehran visited Bandar Abbas, Charbar,
and Lingah during January.
Passport Department. —The police were in charge of this department
throughout the year.
Orders were received during May to refuse exit visas or to issue fresh
passports to Iranian subjects unless the applicant was m possession oi foreign
exchange purchased from one of the authorised Banks. Iranian subjects
residing abroad and holding Iranian Consular passports, and 10r eign subjects
and foreign Consulate’s official employees were exempted trom this rule.
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
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- 1 volume (510 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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